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Unity: When the Two Become One

Description: Jewelry has been used as a gift exchange between lovers for many centuries. It has been conveyed in a variety of forms to symbolize the meaning of love. This body of work is associated with glory of love, of sexual experience between lovers representing the idea of unity when two parts become one unit, not only in the physical sense, but also in the psychical sense. The works were divided into three series including three pair of rings, two pair of lockets, and five pair of necklaces. The eroti… more
Date: December 2002
Creator: Pimolket, Noppakamal
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Cerebral Play

Description: Works of art on Wood, Acrylic, Vinyl by artist Felicia Jordan (detail shot of accompanying vinyl) as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "Without/Within" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, April 20 - 23, 2022.
Date: 2022
Creator: Jordan, Felicia
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Cerebral Play

Description: Works of art on Wood, Acrylic, Vinyl by artist Felicia Jordan (detail shot of audience interaction) as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "Without/Within" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, April 20 - 23, 2022.
Date: 2022
Creator: Jordan, Felicia
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Cerebral Play

Description: Works of art on Wood, Acrylic, Vinyl by artist Felicia Jordan (detail shot of puzzle 2) as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "Without/Within" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, April 20 - 23, 2022.
Date: 2022
Creator: Jordan, Felicia
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Cerebral Play

Description: Works of art on Wood, Acrylic, Vinyl by artist Felicia Jordan (detail shot of puzzle 2) as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "Without/Within" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, April 20 - 23, 2022.
Date: 2022
Creator: Jordan, Felicia
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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North

Description: Artist Statement from the MFA Exhibition: "My work about place attachment and the physical markers within the landscape that I consider home - Minnesota. I am interested in space and place and where those two things intersect. Using a limited color palette, metalsmithing and enameling techniques, texture, drawing, and photographs, I imbue my work with the memories of the landscape. My work is about experiencing space and is meant to bring pause -a moment of quiet and calm.."
Date: May 2019
Creator: Sawyer, Jessica
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Mostly Covered Install

Description: Works of art on copper by artist Courtney DiMare as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "Mostly Covered" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from March 9th to 12th, 2022.
Date: 2022
Creator: DiMare, Courtney
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Mostly Covered

Description: My work consists of clothing jewelry hybrids that combine the sentimentality and materiality of jewelry with the coverage and protection of clothing.
Date: May 2022
Creator: DiMare, Courtney
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Trappings

Description: Artist Statement from the MFA Exhibition: "Trappings is a huntress’ vanity room installation, exhibiting the duality of being feminine while utilizing masculine skills and traits. Keela Dee Dooley is a metalsmith from southwest Virginia, in the Appalachian Mountains where southern culture has gender expectations, stereotypes, and misconceptions. Working in what is considered a “man’s world” she challenges the expected role of a young woman by being skilled in a traditionally male dominated fiel… more
Date: May 2019
Creator: Dooley, Keela Dee
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Without/Within

Description: My work explores the interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships we have with our physical, mental, and emotional bodies. Using techniques ranging from traditional carpentry to digital fabrication, the works are created to represent individual traumatic experiences as well as the universality of loss. My pieces are meant to elicit an empathic response from the audience. There are common traumas and pains that bring humans together as a form of bonding.
Date: May 2022
Creator: Jordan, Felicia
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Lucky You

Description: Belief is our acceptance of an optimal truth. We embed a belief into the things in our life that give us comfort or strength. Whether they are recognizable in popular culture or are our own private object, their value shifts to what we need them to be. My current work is inspired by multi-cultural historic luck or from my own practice of object collection. They are physical objects that are representative of ritual or ones that “bring” luck. The objects are primarily wearable jewelry, although … more
Date: May 2020
Creator: Dessoye, Caron
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Memento

Description: Chapter 1 describes my previous jewelry work related to my interest in body parts and other materials as medium and lockets. The questions in the statement of problem deal with how the use of a specific body site, color and incorporation of body parts in my jewelry make my work more intimate to the wearer. Chapter 2 discusses the work I focused around the questions proposed in Chapter 1. Important points are: a more focused way of using specific body sites to support my ideas, the use of differ… more
Date: May 2003
Creator: Kataoka, Masumi
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Luck.O.Matic

Description: Work of art of mixed media by artist Caron Dessoye as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Lucky You".
Date: 2019
Creator: Dessoye, Caron
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Thresholds

Description: Brief Artist Statement by Lara Asam as part of a 2021 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Thresholds” in the Cora Stafford Gallery on the campus of the University of North Texas on April 12-22, 2021.
Date: May 2021
Creator: Asam, Lara
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Asepo

Description: My artistic practice centers around personal history, connection, and identity. I reflect on my experience as a Nigerian who has lived on three continents thus far, and how those experiences have led to the deconstruction, reassembly, and hybridization of my identity. My work pays homage to my tribe of origin, Yoruba, whilst redefining and exploring the hybridity that exists as a result of cross-cultural influences that are prominent in our world today. I incorporate varying objects and materi… more
Date: May 2023
Creator: Adeleke, Atinuke
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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“Drawback”

Description: Artist Statement from the MFA Exhibition: "My work represents my personal experience with having learning differences such as Dyslexia, ADD, Auditory Processing Disorder, and others. I create pieces that reflect my thoughts, experiences, and the obstacles that I face daily. I utilize materials obtained from school desks as memories that reflect on the long periods of time we spend siting at desks in classrooms, during which we discover how to process information. To articulate these experiences… more
Date: May 2019
Creator: Thomson, Jason
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Lure

Description: Lure is an exploration of light, color, and space through an understanding of plique-à-jour and textile techniques. Textile techniques are combined with metal and enamel to create dynamic forms that reference the natural world without mimicking any organism specifically. The forms of my jewelry pieces are influenced by carnivorous plants which, unlike other plants, lure living prey through nectar and utilize intense coloration to mimic flowers. My collection of jewelry, like the colors and patt… more
Date: May 2024
Creator: Hampton, Brittney
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Worn by the Sea

Description: Artist's statement from MFA Exhibition: "I draw inspiration from natural environments to create jewelry. Each piece is inspired by a particular environment, often a region of the ocean, and I use the colors, forms, and features of that environment. This imagery is translated through the process of making which may include hammer forming, enameling, patination and the use of textile techniques in metal. I incorporate a loose narrative that ties the jewelry together as a body of work and connects… more
Date: May 2024
Creator: Scott, Jordan
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Botanic

Description: An artwork titled "Botanic" as part of 2024 MFA exhibition by artist Brittney Hampton, entitled "Lure" in the Cora Stafford Gallery, North, UNT Art Building, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201 from March 27 to March 30, 2024. "Lure" is an exploration of light, color, and space through an understanding of plique-à-jour and textile techniques. Textile techniques are combined with metal and enamel to create dynamic forms that reference the natural world without mimicking any organism specificall… more
Date: 2022
Creator: Hampton, Brittney
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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